Low-level jet climatology from enhanced rawinsonde observations at a site in the southern Great Plains

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1363-1376

  Whiteman, C David ^a   Bian, Xindi ^a   Zhong, Shiyuan ^a  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LOW LEVEL JET;

USA, GREAT PLAINS;

EID: 0031395117     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(1997)036<1363:LLJCFE>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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